New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-21
MURDER AT A DANCE HALL
DYING In THE STREET FROM HIS WOUNDS.

GANG OF INTRUDERs ELECTED FROM SOCIAL
GATHERING-ONE OF THEM Stabbed TO DEATH.
There was fight sunday morning IN the liquor store
and dance hall known the gerhalle" at No 325
West Thirty ninthst kept John Ross the participants
in which continued t to the street and Adam Firnbach
who lives at No. 125 West Thirty ninthst stabbed
and received injuries from which he died in short time
In Rosss place at the time Of the stab5ng the Alder
Benefit Association holding ball. The association Is
composed entirely Of young who live In the neigh
borhOod, Al meeting Is held every saturday evening.
After the young get through with their associa
ton business the doors OF the dance hall thrown
open and the young men. friends OF the women,
taken In and dancing and singing Is kept up until
every one Il tired out The liquor and dance hall
the rrst floor Of ve-stOry teucmcnthOusc and
complaints about the noise in the place late at night have
been frequent The hall Is back OF tho barroom. Young
Frnbach worked in wall paper factory In West Forty
seconds and lived with his parents. One OF Firnbachs
sisters Is married to Abram johnson, baker who has
in the building where Frnbach lived aud another
Il the wife OF the anitor OF Market Court
Frnbach left his home after his supper on Saturday and
spent the evening with Robert Cusick IN Ninth, ave
the evening. About / a. IN. yesterday Frnbach
in company with and Frederick Wolf Cusick and
Charles Baumann stopped in front OF Ross place Music
danciug and loud laughter could be heard inside, and
Banmann who had ticket for the dance said that he
tered the saloon followed by the others There
objection mac their admission 10 the dance, but they
raised disturbance in q second and chairs glass.
% oor fa !" ,e1 mt aenn ny an and his friends into the
rect was resised AT FIRST but finally Ross who became
alarmed At the slns aud ycS OF the comDatant' vot
closed and barred. the music struck and the dancing
and singing went II there had been no ntcrmSsion
In n few moments Ross was startled by loud rap on
the street door lie opened the door slightly ami saw the
men who had just been put standing around pros
tae form. He asked open the door, of tho
party hal been badly lie refused TO do until told
that 1t might 20 bad with HIM and then irnbach VINO
had been stabbed carried In and laid the bairoom
floor. His face, hands and clothing were covered with
wounds In his body Louis Wolf the last TO enter
the place lie held In his hand MOODY knife Frnbach
fast failing aud soon became unconscious iron loss
OF bloo oSs. believing that hc dying, and Tearing
that the reputation OF his place might he injured II man
should die there, ordered the wounded man to be taken
OF the place 10y his friends despite their enreate
John fl" ,nseE 81 40 3o East one au, rr,r
nlntlst. pickol up Firnbach. who was gasplng Tor
They laid him the kitchen floor with pillow under
his head HIS her 10 his side fell on her knees
aud begged him 10 speak to her lie was lar past mat
being a cOmatOsc state and while his weeping mother
bent over hin sudden conysye shndier passei over
his boil and he dead. Police Surgeon Nesbtt who
died.
with sergeant 10 investigate It, The Wolf broth
cr., they had seen how badly firnbach was
Hof Tia Louis Wolf did the stabb'ng. When Captain
Wahhurn got 10 hosss place the music ana dancing was
in lull blast Ross would open the door and the
Captain opened with his foot ROSS surprised 10
viol, ion of the eyrisr law. Baumann. Hofnal Troy
John Uusoelt OF No 80 Nnth-aye Henry schiller Of
No 33J West Thirty ninihst. Charles Tholman. or NO
432 Forteih aud ilolph lacknann. OF so o3o
West Forty y-secondst were locked mp witnesses IL
was the general of all that the sabbng was not
done In the place Frnbach was heard Ia scream IN the
street while tho light going tnerc ana then place
his hand Ia his side ana fall -,
OGiccr Fees found the alleged murderer at MS
sisters house, No. 500 1cnth-aye. lie had u
/ black eye. and pale ana "Ncl'eo
He -l that he in tn hight but Nd not know any
ih ,Inut The -tahng Wolf Is short and stout with
vanons facc lie Is married but does not i've WIN MS
wife He recently came frou ~ng sing where he hhd
hrcn amending nyc years rpbhcry Ie handy with a
knife aud occasion stabbed George wheaton, III.
Lrpthc .iu-laS Frederick Wolf was arrested later al
No ili Wesi rhirty-nh St lie had fresh scar on ma
haud aud face. lie IL twenty-thiec and says he Is
! panOmukcr ,..,--,,.
Deputy toroner jenkins held au autopsy on flrnhacfs
body Ia evening. SiX stab wOunls were found one nc
ing in The heart and the others In the abdomen ana back
At the Jefferson Market Court Louis Wof was commit,
ted without and the other prisoners were rcmandcd
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